Gloversville's Common Council unanimously set a Nov. 24 hearing on a draft kratom ban covering sales, intent to sell, and products merely labeled as kratom.

A South Boston community organizer who until recently worked as a substitute teacher at Perry Elementary is taking on the council's longest-tenured member.

The 11,500-square-foot building would replace Starbase's makeshift City Hall inside a converted SpaceX community center.

After voters gave a 0.4% jail sales tax only 37.6% support, Del City Council Member Scott Tatom asked commissioners to sell the planned site. Cost estimates have been put as high as $800 million, against $260 million already approved.

Rep. Venton Jones and Sen. José Menéndez are refiling repeal bills after a 2025 effort stalled in the Senate.

Oregon is reviewing income on tens of thousands of food benefit cases this fall. Missing a deadline could mean lost groceries.

Oscar Martinez Jr. gets his day in court over jail commissary spending that included Hooters tabs and more than 43 golf outings.

Wayne County cleared recall petitions against Van Buren Township's supervisor, clerk, treasurer and trustees amid data-center backlash.

Westfield's council approved a first-reading ban on data centers citywide, with one councilman recusing himself from the vote.

The four-time mayoral candidate wants to close under-enrolled schools like Frederick Douglass Academy, which he says holds just 30 students in a building built for 1,000.

Surveillance footage at a Southeast D.C. apartment building raises questions about what a city inspector actually did during an August visit.

Florida has asked a Volusia County judge to reinstate a $471,095.50 judgment against Dylan and Chelsie Placker and to consider contempt, alleging they kept selling hot tubs after a 2025 ban.

Jefferson County voters could face a 2.25-cent parks property tax on the November 2026 ballot; if approved, it would take effect Jan. 1, 2027. Backers estimate about $18 million a year.